From Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press

A man with a neurological disorder that prevents him from recognizing human faces confronts an enigmatic killer in Chile's Atacama desert--the most lifeless place on earth.

Gabe Traylin is face-blind, unable to tell one face from the next. Content to earn his living well away from civilization, he works as an astronomer at an observatory in the earth's driest desert, where no rain has fallen in 400 years. But when he finds a man murdered, he is compelled to leave his self-imposed
exile and avenge the dead. Gabe's investigation brings him face to face with the killer, but he's unable to provide a description to the police--and soon he becomes their suspect in a series of horrific and unexplained mutilations. To discover the truth before he's arrested for crimes he didn't commit, he must put his trust in three strangers: a fearless young adventurer, a washed-up novelist who thinks he's bulletproof, and a woman with a face he'll never see.

Together they unearth the secrets of Chile's fascist past, a time of kidnappings, torture, and political turmoil. Following the clues given to them by one of the country's most notorious war criminals, they venture further into the desert, discovering the secrets of revenge as well as the secrets of themselves.

Previous Hawvermale Novels

The Discretionist

When everything Micah holds dear is torn away from him, his only choice is to trade his discretion for action and his carefully crafted solitude for love.

Seeing Pink

Under the female pseudonym of Erin O'Rourke, Lance Hawvermale published the thrillers Seeing Pink (2003) and Fugitive Shoes (2006). His poetry and fiction have garnered numerous awards. He is an alumnus of AmeriCorps, performing his service on the Otoe-Missouria tribal lands in Red Rock, Oklahoma.Hawvermale holds a master's degree in English and has worked as a college professor, an editor, and a youth counselor. He lives in Texas with his wife and daughter and their cats. He encourages you to visit Feeding America to keep food on the table of those who need it most.

Face Blind is Hawvermale's fifth novel. He is represented by the Jonah Straus Literary Agency of New York.